Tuesday, April 23, 2013

CEES BUDDINGH' (1918 - 1985)

A poem only comes into existence when it is being read. But each time it is read it begins a new life. And in a different way.



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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

GEORGE OPPEN (1908 - 1984)

I have not and never did have any motive of poetry
But to achieve clarity.



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CHARLES OLSON (2)

Form is never more than an expression of content.



Observation of any kind is, like argument in prose, properly previous to the act of the poem, and, if allowed in, must be so juxtaposed, apposed, set in, that it does not, for an instant, sap the going energy of the content towards its form.



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GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936)

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.



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REMCO CAMPERT

Poetry is listening backward and looking forward.



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